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by 0xDEAFBEAD
979 days ago
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This seems like hyperbole. I'm not particularly worried about Google stealing my credit card number and making fraudulent purchases. But I am worried about criminal organizations doing this. There's so much FUD on HN about big tech companies, but I'm skeptical that their wickedness actually lives up to the hype. I suspect it is more of a clickbait miasma (journalists hate Google because they took revenue from the media industry) than anything based in fact. Google provides free and useful products (Google Search, Gmail, Android) to people across the world. Billions of people use this stuff voluntarily -- why? If Google is "about as user hostile of an organization as there has ever been", it should be easy for you to come up with at least 3 examples off the top of your head (no searching for "14 ways Google is evil" listicles) of them being at least as nasty (on a per capita basis relative to the population of people they have relationships with) as the literal mafia. It should be no trouble at all. So, could you please do that for me? |
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2 - They've created an illegal advertising monopoly https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-googl...
3 - Violate the law to illegally collect data on children, say multiple states https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/09/..., https://iapp.org/news/a/google-new-mexico-ag-settle-coppa-al...
Over a billion people smoke cigarettes, doesn't make it a good idea. Most of the worlds population can't afford an iPhone, so are left using Android.
Is it unreasonable to think they're probably doing something else illegal that hurts us right now? Or that they'll use their ill gotten treasure hoard to buy the resolution of their choice when they're caught again?